Congenital zinc deficiency from mutations of the SLC39A4 gene as the genetic background of acrodermatitis enteropathica

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1818-1820

  Park, Chang Hun ^a   Lee, Mee Jeong ^b   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, Gunsong ^b   Park, Joo won ^b   Cinn, Yong woo ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis; Acrodermatitis enteropathica; Congenital zinc deficiency; Korea; Novel mutation; SLC39A4

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; SLC39A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS; ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION;

ACRODERMATITIS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZINC;

EID: 78649966297     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.12.1818     Document Type: Article

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